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"come up to my room" is a rad project that the gladstone hotel in toronto hosts to coincide with toronto design week.  the hotel chooses artists and designers from a variety of backgrounds to create installations that are site specific within the rooms and public spaces of the hotel. the hotel also boasts 37 artist designed rooms, as well as, art galleries and art events.  the next annual show is in the end of january 2011.  hope to see you there!

take my breath away

oh woooow.

tokujin yoshioka's solo exhibition "spectrum" in seoul, korea looks absolutely breathtaking. the above photos feature the rainbow church and rainbow, honey-pop and pane chairs surrounded by the tornado installation which is created out of straws. the exhibit is being held at the museum beyond museum through june 2010.

via designboom

see clearly now

check out this super cool set

for the invisibles collection

by tokujin yoshioka for kartell

at milan design week.

via deco design

your biggest fan

ooooo love.

these are super duper sweet!

chromaesthesiae,

an installation in brooklyn,

by softlab.

via designboom

we ride

i can't believe its taken me this long to comment

on my latest obsession: the nissan cube.

i have test driven one of the cult status vehicles

with its asymetrical back window and interior design package.

nissan has gone all out with the advertising

and i'm real surprised i don't see more of the cube.

above is the cube in a cube...of ice, that is.

tattoo artist henry hate branded the ice cube

with a traditional japanese design.

via we heart

light up the night

check out these light sculptures

by paula arntzen.

they are created from paper treated

with fluorescent ink.

via design crisis

coulda been anywhere in the world

check out this night light.

yochai motas used hundreds of fluoroscent bulbs

to create this statement installation.

via notcot

gimme some more

my top five favorites from dining by design chicago 2009!

1 - steelcase by gensler chicago

2 - stolichnaya elit by jason wu and giancarlo valle

3 - knoll by perkins + will

4 - francine turk

5 - interior investments by gensler

the event is headed by DIFFA,

Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS

to raise awareness and funds to fight AIDS.

almost 50 tables were at the Chicago event!

gotta tell somebody

stolichnaya elit's table at dining by design chicago 2009

designed by jason wu and giancarlo valle is out of this world.

this is my absolute favorite table of the event!

it had a sharp minimal feel with amazing detail.

they used sound proofing foam to line the interior

and created a custom lighting piece.

the tabletop was completely covered with

a collection of different bar glass.

absolutely stunning!!!!

gotta keep it moving

installation work by matthias manner

exploring the relationship of technology and organic life.

via yatzer

welcome to the zoo

how fun!!!

vitra presented an installation featuring

the bouroullec brothers' vegetal chairs and algues room dividers

in the lemur exhibit at the prague zoo.

via designboom

don't worry bout it

times square alliance installation

by jason peters

via notcot

say you gotta have it

nature factory

diesel denim gallery installation

by makoto tanijiri

of hiroshima architects suppose design office

in tokyo, japan

via dezeen

light it up

cassette tape lamps

by ooomydesign

via designboom

from the underground

la biennale

by tobias rehberger

in venice italy

via furniture fashion

a story to tell

photography

by gregoire alexandre

via yatzer

you are what you drink

the pink project

by graft architects

a memorial in new orleans
via architonic

i inspire me

liquidated logos

by zevs

at the art statements gallery

via designboom